Driven by the Past

A Road Trip through our National Parks

Monday, December 5, 2016

Notes from the Road, Dec. 4, 2016

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As my sabbatical winds down and I start to wrap up my road journeys, I am taking a final spin through the Southwest. Since it is late Novem...
Monday, November 28, 2016

How war deaths affect families

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Most of the blogs for Driven by History the last month or so have focused on the Civil War. In addition to recounting the individual battle...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland

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As with almost all the Civil War battlefields preserved by the National Park Service, Antietam lies serene with its well-maintained fields ...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee and Corinth, Mississippi

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After the Confederate victory at Manassas and its invasion and retreat from New Mexico, both sides hunkered down, went into winter headquar...
Monday, November 7, 2016

Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, Virginia and the Glorieta Battlefield unit of the Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, New Mexico

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The rupture had happened, the first cannons fired. Now how to put soldiers in the field ready to fight? And not just fight, but win? In thi...
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I have traveled over 60,000 miles since 2012 visiting places preserved by the National Park Service where history actually happened. "Driven by History: A Road Trip through our National Parks" explores the past of the U.S. from the Bering Land Bridge to the Moon Landing.
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